A little more than 20 years ago, there were three points between Norwich City
and Luton Town. When they meet in the FA Cup at Carrow Road this afternoon,
that gulf will be 95 places. When English football had its sliding doors
moment, one club found itself safely ensconced in the inner sanctum.

The other was resolutely locked out.

Few clubs have experienced a period as traumatic as that endured by Luton ever
since they were relegated from the top flight at the end of the 1991-1992
season. That year, the year before the inauguration of the Premier League,
with